Olearia canescens subsp. discolor Messina APNI* Description: Shrub to 2m.
Leaves lanceolate to occasionally ovate, 25–80 mm long, 10–25 mm wide; leaf length : width ratio <5; upper surface glabrous to occasionally sparsely hairy, lacking glands; lower surface white, cream or yellow.
Flowering: Restricted to the Border Ranges region, north of Kyogle
Distribution and occurrence: On edges of dry rainforests.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Peter Jobson, Oct 2024
Text by From Messina et al. (2014) A revision of Olearia sect. Astrerotriche Australian Systematic Botany 27: 199-240. Taxon concept:
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